Matthew Prior Quotes
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When I was a little girl, I told everyone I was going to marry a very clever scientist and have ten children. I would always draw the children, and they included blond-haired twin boys whom I named Theodore and Frederick: Teddy and Freddy for short.
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Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.
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You know how you can be romantic? You can be romantic by going to a beautiful setting, sitting on a park bench, and getting good ole-fashioned golden arches, a.k.a. McDonald's. That's probably the best I can do romantically.
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I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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The American fans would love to see me fight anybody.
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2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation.
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To be rude to someone is not my nature.
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I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me.
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Writing is a creative process, and you need to have the doors and windows of your mind open so that you have the possibility of change.
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I'm still not used to the idea of being the youngest circumnavigator.
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I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from that place.
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Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.
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While I'm writing, I'm also the first reader, and I want to write a book where I'm excited about what happens next.
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The idea was always to be an actor.
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Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous.
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The new Germany has the unquestionable right to hold its tongue between its teeth.
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States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking.
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If my dad was alive, I wouldn't have gone to boarding school, and I wouldn't have had the success I've had.
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When I think of Britain, I don't think of these lofty ideals which once held sway like the stoic upper lip. I think of girls on a Saturday night outside kebab shops stabbing each other with stiletto heels or guys smashing glasses into someone's face. I think of shows like Big Brother which celebrate people's discomfort and anguish or kids committing these terrifying happy slapping acts of brutality to each other at the drop of a hat.
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I'm from Hollywood; I'm too dumb to be nervous about New York.
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In your 30s, you are very aware of who you are and what you're confident in.
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Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.
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It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
